Back to school

Madison started 3rd grade last wednsday. She has been having a great time. When my mom asked her if she had a friend in her class she said "No, I have lots of them". She was so exctied to go back to school and has been constantly talking about going to Gooseberry next month and has been singing songs about Annie Bangs. What a fun time for her, but am I really that I can remember in detail my experience at Gooseberry.




Emma was so excited to start on Monday! She met some new friends and even rode the bus home (I went to pick her up from school and she started to cry becasue she wanted to ride the bus home) She has ridden the bus to and from school every day since. In her class there are only 7or8 girs and the rest of the 24 are boys...good luck to her teacher.






C.J. went to his first day of pre-school today. He was a little unsure if he wanted to stay when I droped him off, and I have to say the I wasn't sure if I could leave him, but he had a great day and can't wait to go back tomorrow.

After taking C.J. to pre-school I had 2 hours and 15 minutes to myself it felt really wierd, I didn't know what to do, so I shed a few tears and started cleaning, I am not sure if I am going to like this. The house seemed so quiet, but I am sure I will get used to it. I sure was glad to go and pick him up.

August so far..

So far August has been pretty busy, and I know that it will get even more crazy with school starting this Wednsday. We are trying to squeze every drop of fun out of our summer. This past weekend we were able to go to a Conder family reunion (Toms moms family). We went and stayed at a girls camp in Heber City that is owned by the church. It was such a neat place to vist. I am always blown away to see how many different properties the church owns. Each family had their own cabin to stay in. The one drawback was that none of the bunkbeds had pads on them so we spent the night sleeping on a sheet of plywood, so Tom and I didn't sleep at all, but it surly didn't bother the kids. There was a lake at the camp so we got to go out in a canoe and paddle aroud it the kids loved it and the canoe was pretty steady. There was a sand box on the beach that the kids loved to play in. On saturday we were suppose to do a challenge couse but due to the rain we spent the day playing bingo with m&ms. We also played the newleywed game and I am proud to say that we tied for 1st place! If we had only know the color of eachothers toothburshes we would have had it. It was a good time, and Madison found a friend in Toms cousin Amy. When she found out that Amy was Toms cousin not hers we as shocked. It was great to see people that we only see every few years.


We went to the county fair! It was fun to see all of the animals. There was even a bear show with huge black bears. The kids got the pet some of the animals and watch some noisy pigs fight. They also got to learn how to be a farmer by picking apples, gathering eggs, and digging up potatoes. There were also animals there from the local animal shelter and the kids were sure that we needed a new puppy, I was able to talk them out of it, but just barely.



Madison got her ears pierced! She has been begging for about a year and we decided that when she turned 8 she could get them done, so she has been 8 for a few months and she talked us into it. She choose emerald earings because they are her birthstone. She didn't even wince she was very brave and it very good at taking care of her ears. I am still in shock that she is 8!